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Citywide road work schedule for Lawrence area
Road work this week includes water main rehab on Kentucky Ninth 18th 13th and Tennessee streets causing parking and lane closures. Phase one on Sixth Street from Massachusetts to Iowa Streets ends in July. Westbound Bob Billings Parkway reconstruction near Crestline with one lane each way and delays through August. Multiple curb and pavement repairs with mid August completion. Kasold Drive center turn lane from 23rd to 31st starting soon with late fall finish. Northbound New Hampshire and west Sixth Street closures affect access. detour via Massachusetts. State and county projects include Clinton Parkway Inverness work finishing by July 12 and a Kansas River levee closure detour late 2012. Detours via city map and public works site. Several overlay, microsurfacing, and 1000 Road North reconstruction near US 59 with fall/winter completions. Intermittent lane closures on US 24 Airport Road for sewer, and I 435 bridge painting with mid July finish.